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Originally Posted by Yoot
I'm not suggesting a PAYE option, aren't we self-employed? Contrary to popular belief/what we are lead to believe we are not! But how do self-employed tradesman get paid usually? Directly! Are they generally forced to use an umbrella company? No! They either get an accountant or do it themselves! Were we given that option? No! Do i need to go on?
Ultimately WE ARE EMPLOYED and any contract which states otherwise is horlicks! Subsequently we should, by law, all be entitled to the National Minimum Wage (calculated on the basis of our pay frequency, divided by the number of hours worked - fortnightly in our case) and if the said contract proves less favorable than the National Minimum Wage, then by law, it's overridden. Don't believe me? Go ahead, discuss it with Her Majesty's Customs and Revenue! Naturally, as employees we should all be entitled to 28 days holiday per year as well.
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How come you've quoted me? I've just spent several days saying you are employed, not self employed. If you rang up HMRC and let them run through their little employment status flow chart over the phone their conclusion would be that you are employed. Therefore I don't think this will last and eventually they will be forced to bring you all under PAYE.
Why doesn't someone write to HMRC formally? Ask for a decision to be made on your employment status (knowing what the answer will be). The more people that bring this to their attention the better.